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Burial Chamber
ID: ISJRNTTK07 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2020

Burial Chamber

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A detail of an arched burial bench (arcosolium) found in the chambers of the Tomb of Queen Helena. This type of burial, plus niches into which bodies were inserted are found in this tomb.

One of the sarcophagi found in the tomb is now in the Louvre in Paris.